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Walking is pretty dangerous: you could be walking and spontaneously stumble, or slip on wet leaves, and clip your temple on a fire hydrant. That's it for you! W
by panglott 12y ago
Walking is pretty dangerous: you could be walking and spontaneously stumble, or slip on wet leaves, and clip your temple on a fire hydrant. That's it for you! Walking is quite dangerous, and is in fact has the highest rate of injuries and fatalities per mile traveled. That's mostly because pedestrians get hit by cars, but that's surely an even better reason to get pedestrians to wear helmets. What if you get hit by a car while walking?
As for motorists: http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/10/australian-helmet-science-for-motorists.html http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/10/australian-helmet-scien...
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoI suggest all walking accidents are possible on a bike as well. While bicycles have even more potential accidents.
- panglott 12y agoMaybe, but pedestrians have a higher rate of actual accidents. ;)
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoYes, that seems odd. Maybe because of the speed difference - per-mile stats weight pedestrian trips more, because they take longer/are exposed to environmental hazards longer (e.g. getting hit by a car).
- ptaipale 12y agoNot sure which statistics you refer to, but one explanation is simply that many pedestrian accidents (falls) are very old people. They fall, they break pelvis, they are immobilized, they die.